11:00 AM: A backhand volley winner from Dodig keeps him and Sania alive in the first set. It’s 5-2 in favour of Spears/Cabal at the Rod Laver Arena.

10:56 AM: Sania will have to hold her serve as Spears/Cabal have now taken a 5-1 lead in the first set at the Rod Laver Arena.

10:53 AM: A brilliant forehand smash winner from Dodig as he holds serve. It’s 4-1 in favour of Spears/Cabal in the 1st set of the Australian Open mixed doubles final.

10:51 AM: It’s 4-0 for Spears-Cabal now. The Indo-Croatian pair will have to pull things back soon

10:47 AM: Broken once again! It’s Sania who fails to hold her serve now and the Indo-Croatian pair are down 0-3 in the first set at the Rod Laver Arena.

10:45 AM: Cabal holds serve. A brilliant backhand winner on the net. It’s 2-0 for him and Spears

10:41 AM: BROKEN! Sania/Dodig is broken early on as Dodig fails to hold serve. 1-0 to Cabal/Spears in the first set.

10:38 AM: The mixed doubles final is underway!

10:35 AM: The players are out on the court and we are just moments away from the final!

10:32 AM: Sania Mirza ended up being the runner-up in 2008 with Mahesh Bhupathi and in 2014 with Horia Tecau.

10:25 AM: Sania Mirza and Ivan Dodig have played three Super tiebreak matches so far en route to the Australian Open final.

10:06 AM: The last time when Sania Mirza featured in an Australian Open final was in 2016 when she clinched the women’s doubles title with Martina Hingis.

9:43 AM: Here’s a look at the live streaming details for the Australian Open men’s singles final between long-time rivals Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.

9:31 AM: This will be the fifth Australian Open final for Sania Mirza, while it will the first appearance for her partner Ivan Dodig.

9:16 AM: Sania Mirza-Ivan Dodig defeated the pair of Sam Groth and Samantha Stosur in a hard-fought encounter to reach the Australian Open final.

9:04 AM: Sania Mirza has already won three Grand Slam titles in the mixed doubles category (2009 Australian Open, 2012 French Open, 2014 US Open).

Seeded second, Sania Mirza-Ivan Dodig will meet the unseeded American-Colombian duo of Abigail Spears and Juan Sebastian Cabal. For the statistically minded, this is the second time Sania Mirza and Ivan Dodig have made a Grand Slam final as pair.

After joining forces last season, they reached the French Open final before losing to Leander Paes and Martina Hingis in a closely-fought encounter.